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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A study about the behavior in Internet Poker has been made. A group of 3,445 Internet poker players have been tested on a period of 2 years. The Division of Addiction of Cambridge Health Alliance together with Harvard Medical School has made the study and the purpose has been to build a scientific database for questions about gambling and addiction related research.
The study results:
Online Poker gaming is not more addicted than other gaming forms. Online poker gaming does not show of any more potential to develop gambling addiction than other forms of gaming.
Responsible gaming shows a positive result.
This two year study of actual Internet Poker gambling behavior is so far the most analyzed study within this area.
The players’ acts rational
"In the study we find fact which supports earlier studies which says that most online players are rational players. It means that the players betting and time spent at the poker table is based upon the result. When the calculated loss increases, the player stakes and time spent playing decreases”, says Howard Shaffer, professor at Harvard Medical School.
The players had the average age of 27,9 years and 95% were men. Most of the players was actively during 6,5 months and played in a game every third day. The average stake was €13 per game with a starting fee of €1,80.
The most active players, a smaller group of 5%, played actively during 18,5 months and participated in 10 games per week.
The group of High Rollers lost less money than the average player which concludes that knowledge has a bigger importance to the result than random play.
Even the result of the High Rollers affected their stakes; an indication of rational behavior.
"We want to replace the speculations about gaming addiction with pure facts and this study takes us a large step closer to understanding the behavior of a poker player. In the end we want to discover deviant player behavior and risk patterns which can indicate gaming addiction. This gives us the opportunity to act in time and secure a responsible gaming environment", says Manfred Bodner, Head of Chief of a major poker room.
Source: Division on Addictions
